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OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
Fri May 24, 2019, 04:03 PM May 2019

lol! Ark encounter is suing its' insurance company

FOR NOT COVERING FLOOD DAMAGE!
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/05/24/ark-encounter-owners-sue-over-rain-damage/1220627001/?fbclid=IwAR3ML6nati5uOlXaQrYZP2Eq4-791gKZEIxb73LNGsOGol3pfDzbkLbZKWc


The owner of the life-size replica of Noah’s Ark in Northern Kentucky has sued its insurers for refusing to cover, of all things … rain damage.

Ark Encounter, which unveiled the 510-foot-long model in 2016, says that heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road, and its five insurance carriers refused to cover nearly $1 million in damages.


I don't think I can laugh any harder without fracturing a rib.
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lol! Ark encounter is suing its' insurance company (Original Post) OriginalGeek May 2019 OP
Pffft ... ahaha ... ahahahahahaha ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #1
So irony is not dead (n/t) PJMcK May 2019 #2
No. Irony is pumping up! dchill May 2019 #7
There's a good Robert Plant song OriginalGeek May 2019 #32
Well aware! I'm a huge Plant/Zep fan. dchill May 2019 #34
Me too! OriginalGeek May 2019 #35
And I was beginning to think irony was dead. yonder May 2019 #3
Oh hell Noah! Blue Owl May 2019 #6
Great one! dchill May 2019 #8
Perfect. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #18
*Claims need to be filed within 40 days and 40 nights Blue Owl May 2019 #4
Post of the day Perseus May 2019 #22
The outside front side that you approach TlalocW May 2019 #5
I might wet myself laughing if that happens Blue_playwright May 2019 #20
I'm pretty sure most insurance doesn't cover KatyaR May 2019 #25
I'm only surprised that they haven't figured out procon May 2019 #9
You're right--Noah's Ark 'n Mud Wallow--could work Ponietz May 2019 #17
Heritage USA. Jim and Tammy Baker's amusement park underpants May 2019 #27
Or Jesusland 47of74 May 2019 #30
It's a sign from God shut it down IADEMO2004 May 2019 #10
And the Rubes shall lead them ... GeorgeGist May 2019 #11
LOL! volstork May 2019 #12
I went all 4 years of high school to a fundie baptist church school OriginalGeek May 2019 #13
I feel ya! volstork May 2019 #21
Lol yep OriginalGeek May 2019 #33
Please see post 23 Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #24
It is not correct. Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #23
Well then Mrs. Batchelor has some splainin to do OriginalGeek May 2019 #31
Thank god. C_U_L8R May 2019 #14
I wonder what the insurance company's loophole is? iscooterliberally May 2019 #15
I guess they don't cover "Acts of God"😂😂😂😂😂😂 W T F May 2019 #16
Sending... Fritz Walter May 2019 #19
"I don't think I can laugh any harder without fracturing a rib." Ramsey Barner May 2019 #26
The same thing happened to the first ark... Freelancer May 2019 #28
Detailed instructions keithbvadu2 May 2019 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #36
I saw a video... Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #37

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
32. There's a good Robert Plant song
Sat May 25, 2019, 12:09 PM
May 2019

With that line "you were pumping iron as I was pumping irony..."

Ironically for this group, the song is called "Heaven Knows"

TlalocW

(15,380 posts)
5. The outside front side that you approach
Fri May 24, 2019, 04:19 PM
May 2019

Is looking pretty weathered. It's like Ham didn't want to pay for maybe... $20K? for the Thompson Water Seal and the labor to coat it every five years.

Also, wouldn't it be great if their insurance didn't cover, "Acts of God?"

TlalocW

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
20. I might wet myself laughing if that happens
Fri May 24, 2019, 05:59 PM
May 2019

Aren’t these the idiots who have dinosaurs on their Ark?

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
25. I'm pretty sure most insurance doesn't cover
Fri May 24, 2019, 06:17 PM
May 2019

"Acts of God."

Maybe they can just pray away the damage?

procon

(15,805 posts)
9. I'm only surprised that they haven't figured out
Fri May 24, 2019, 04:40 PM
May 2019

a way to profit off the landslide and flood as their newest amusement park attraction demonstrating the awesomeness of their mighty gawd.

Surely ticket sales would go through the roof as visitors came to see little green plastic dinosaurs floating in the muddy waters and hobnobbing with plaster figurines left over from the annual nativity scene.

Ponietz

(2,957 posts)
17. You're right--Noah's Ark 'n Mud Wallow--could work
Fri May 24, 2019, 05:42 PM
May 2019

Last edited Fri May 24, 2019, 09:02 PM - Edit history (2)

They could have a coin operated laundromat, too.

underpants

(182,763 posts)
27. Heritage USA. Jim and Tammy Baker's amusement park
Fri May 24, 2019, 06:31 PM
May 2019

10 minute documentary. This place was like Jesus's Disneyland.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
13. I went all 4 years of high school to a fundie baptist church school
Fri May 24, 2019, 05:12 PM
May 2019

The only teacher I had who wasn't related to the pastor and actually had a degree in education was my English teacher. Thank FSM I picked up a thing or two from her. Don't ask me to algebra though.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
23. It is not correct.
Fri May 24, 2019, 06:05 PM
May 2019

There are two cases for "its" and the apostrophe does not come after.

1) "it's": the contraction for "it is".

2) "its": the contraction for possession. I remember this by saying to myself that the 's' is closer to the 'it'. The newspaper article got it right.

There are two situations, not related to "it's" where the apostrophe comes after.

A) Where the possessing noun is plural. Ex.: "The companies' industry sector failed."

B) Where the noun ends in 's'. Ex.: "Jesus' socialism does not have Republican approval."

Neither of those apply to the OP.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
31. Well then Mrs. Batchelor has some splainin to do
Sat May 25, 2019, 12:04 PM
May 2019

I coulda swore I remembered possession its being ok either way - with or without the apostrophe.


Then again, at christian school they always screw up possession.

But at least I never misuse "it is". It's easy to get right.

Ramsey Barner

(349 posts)
26. "I don't think I can laugh any harder without fracturing a rib."
Fri May 24, 2019, 06:18 PM
May 2019

If you do end up fracturing a rib, you could use half of it to create a gender-appropriate companion to take care of you while you heal!

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)
28. The same thing happened to the first ark...
Fri May 24, 2019, 06:58 PM
May 2019

The washed out road is why the unicorns and dinosaurs didn't make it on board. [<– Kidding]

If it isn't in their advertising yet, it probably will be.

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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
37. I saw a video...
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 12:09 PM
Jun 2019

Made by The Thinking Atheist where he went to ark encounter. And it looks like they didn't use anything to seal the wood at all. So I think the insurers will win.

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